Talks of reopening the closed Chungtung tea garden remained inconclusive after the management failed to attend the meeting called by the district administration here today.
The assistant labour commissioner’s office has convened another meeting here on Thursday. Sources maintained that the district administration has decided to initiate legal action if the management refuses to attend that meeting as well.
The district administration, meanwhile, will distribute foodgrain in the estate to prevent starvation. Each worker’s family is expected to receive around 30 kg of foodgrain over a period of 14 days.
So far, no starvation deaths have been reported from the garden, which has remained closed since January 13.
Today’s meeting fell through after the management, which wanted the venue to be shifted to Siliguri, refused to attend it citing security reasons.
The trade union wings of both the GNLF and the Opposition, which have come together on the reopening issue, have decided to wait till the next round of meetings before deciding on their course of action.
Source > The Telegraph
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